Environmental monitoring programs are designed by Azzur Labs to provide information which demonstrates the engineering controls, sanitization practices, and processes as a whole, provide a “state of control," which means an environment that is consistently capable of maintaining microbial organisms at an acceptable level. The program should be capable of detecting adverse trends in microbial populations in a timely manner.

It should facilitate the identification of the source of the trend such as equipment failure, sanitization practices, personnel habits or training deficiencies so they may be corrected before the environment or ultimately the product is adversely affected.